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A thin narrow strip of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates or tiles of a roof or the plaster of a wall or ceiling, and in the construction of lattice or trellis work and Venetian blinds.

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kid, it was all in one. We just had curtains. Interviewer: Did- Speaker: Across- around our beds. Interviewer: You- you didn't build this yourself? Speaker: No, no. No, it was here. Oh, this is way over a-hundred-years-old. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: We've worked a lot on it. And ah, we got it lathed and plastered. My dad was away working out. My mother and I was here. And we got it lathed and plastered and we had to lie out in newer log buildings 'til the plaster dried (laughs). Interviewer: (laughs) What ah- what did you have on the outside? Speaker: It was- it was all

A thin narrow strip of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates or tiles of a roof or the plaster of a wall or ceiling, and in the construction of lattice or trellis work and Venetian blinds.

Speaker: Ah, not- well- no, it was considered a- a new building when Mother and Dad took over, because most of them were long, and it had the extra boards on the outside, and painted, and ah- the big- the wide boards were painted a deep red, and then the little lath that covered the same between was white. It looked pretty, my mother said. Interviewer: Yes, like peppermint candy. Speaker: Yes, yes.

A thin narrow strip of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates or tiles of a roof or the plaster of a wall or ceiling, and in the construction of lattice or trellis work and Venetian blinds.

And ah they sent me back down to Barryfield from Hamilton to um, finish the course and do the theory on the course. We did practical work up in Hamilton. Running lathes and milling-machines, and that-sort-of-thing. And ah, I really excelled at that. And I- I did good on the- on the tests and-everything. And after we finished the course they put us on a train at midnight and sent us to east.

A thin narrow strip of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates or tiles of a roof or the plaster of a wall or ceiling, and in the construction of lattice or trellis work and Venetian blinds.